The Winery Tenuta Rapitalà of Sicily

Winery Tenuta Rapitalà
The winery offers 36 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This estate is part of the Gruppo Italino Vini.
It is ranked in the top 86 of the estates of Sicily.
It is located in Sicily
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The Winery Tenuta Rapitalà is one of the world's great estates. It offers 36 wines for sale in of Sicily to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Tenuta Rapitalà wines

Looking for the best Winery Tenuta Rapitalà wines in Sicily among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Tenuta Rapitalà wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Tenuta Rapitalà wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà

How Winery Tenuta Rapitalà wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of small cuttlefish a la plancha, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or avocado verrine and quick.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà

On the nose the white wine of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, oaky or tropical and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or peach. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà

  • 2022With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2023With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2021With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.94/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà.

  • Catarratto Bianco
  • Chardonnay
  • Grillo
  • Viognier
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Nero d'Avola

Discovering the wine region of Sicily

Sicily is the Southernmost region of Italy, and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. For over 2500 years, Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) has been an important centre of Mediterranean viticulture, although the reputation and style of its wines have changed considerably over time. The island was once best known for its Sweet muscatels (see Pantelleria), and later for its fortified Marsala. Today, many of its best-known wines are Dry table wines produced under the regional designation IGT Terre Siciliane, or Sicilia DOC (see below).

At its widest point, Sicily measures 280 kilometers (175 miles) from east to west, and about a third of that distance from North to south. Its roughly triangular shape earned the island the nickname Trinacria (the triangle) in the Middle Ages and is reflected in the triskelion (a three-pronged pattern) at the Center of the regional flag. With constant sunshine and moderate rainfall, Sicily's classic Mediterranean Climate is ideally suited to wine Grape production. The Warm, dry climate means that mould and rot are kept to a minimum, especially in well-ventilated areas that benefit from coastal breezes.

The top red wines of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà

How Winery Tenuta Rapitalà wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of kamounia : tunisian beef stew, light lasagne without béchamel sauce or grandma melanie's cassoulet.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà

On the nose the red wine of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or blueberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà

  • 2005With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2003With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.79/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà.

  • Nero d'Avola
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Nerello Mascalese
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinot Nero
  • Perricone

Discover the grape variety: Nero d'Avola

Most certainly of Italian origin, more precisely from Sicily where it is very well known. It should be noted that a certain number of Italian grape varieties bear the synonym or name "calabrese", whether or not followed by an epithet, and care should be taken not to confuse them. Calabrese is also known in the United States, Italy, Bulgaria and Malta. In France, it is virtually absent from the vineyard, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1.

The top pink wines of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà

How Winery Tenuta Rapitalà wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, tree fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà

  • 2017With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Tenuta Rapitalà.

  • Nerello Mascalese
  • Perricone

The word of the wine: Full-bodied

A rich, concentrated wine that offers consistency in the mouth.

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Discover the grape variety: Nerello mascalese

A very old grape variety grown in Italy, more precisely in the north of Sicily on the slopes of Mount Etna and in Sardinia. Its origin would be Greek because it was reported in Greece in the 7th century B.C. It is the result of a natural intraspecific crossing between sangiovese or nielluccio and mantonico bianco. It should not be confused with nerello capuccio and pignatello nero. It should be noted that Nerello mascalese seems to be a grape variety adapted to altitude, as is the case in Sicily where it is planted at a rate of 6,000 and 9,000 vines per hectare. It is practically unknown in other wine-producing countries, which is certainly due to its late ripening.

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